The State of Tech — The European Edition of Wednesday 15 April 2026: NVIDIA releases open-source Ising AI models to accelerate quantum computing, while Broadcom and Meta commit to multi-gigawatt custom AI chip infrastructure through 2029. Amazon's AI agents design antibodies in weeks instead of months, Lucid and Uber scale robotaxis to 35,000 vehicles, Amazon acquires Globalstar for satellite-to-smartphone connectivity, and Intel teases Nova Lake-S desktop processors amid supply chain challenges.

